Sgapore’s parliament on Tuday voted to simultaneoly crimalise gay sex and amend the nstutn to mata the stat-quo fn of marriage, endg months of public bate o
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- SGAPORE’S LATT RULG ON GAY SEX IS ‘COLD COMFORT,’ ACTIVISTS SAY
- SGAPORE REPEALS GAY SEX BAN BUT LIMS PROSPECT OF LEGALIZG SAME-SEX MARRIAGE
- SGAPORE’S SECTN 377A: LAWMAKERS VOTE TO LIFT GAY SEX BAN, RETA MARRIAGE STAT QUO
SGAPORE’S LATT RULG ON GAY SEX IS ‘COLD COMFORT,’ ACTIVISTS SAY
Sgapore’s Prime Mister Lee Hsien Loong on Sunday said the untry will repeal the lonial-era Sectn 377A of Sgapore’s Penal Co, thereby crimalizg gay sex Sgapore, but add that same-sex marriage will ntue to be illegal the cy-state. * singapore gay vote *
Instead, the top urt said was not “an archect of social policy” and that any change was up to Lim/RtersThe Sgapore Court of Appeal, the untry’s top urt, cled Monday to overturn a law crimalizg gay sex, lg that three men who brought challeng did not have legal standg bee the ernment has pledged not to enforce the lonial-era rights advot had sought to overturn the law, known as Sectn 377A, argug that stigmatiz gay men and promot discrimatn.
SGAPORE REPEALS GAY SEX BAN BUT LIMS PROSPECT OF LEGALIZG SAME-SEX MARRIAGE
“Dpe acknowledgg that gay men should be able to live eely Sgapore, whout harassment or terference, the urt still hated to strike down. But they said the lg fell far short bee gay men uld still face police vtigatns unr the law and will suffer om Ong said he was disappoted by the lg and that the L.
SGAPORE’S SECTN 377A: LAWMAKERS VOTE TO LIFT GAY SEX BAN, RETA MARRIAGE STAT QUO
The mov e as other parts of Asia, cludg Taiwan, Thailand and India, are regnizg more rights for the lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) muny.